Office Practicum

Office Practicum

Connexin Software experienced a breach that affected 2,216,365 patients.

An unauthorized individual accessed an offline set of patient data used for data conversion and troubleshooting.

The exposed patient information included: (1) patient demographic information (such as patient name, guarantor name, parent/guardian name, address, email address, and date of birth); (2) Social Security Numbers (“SSNs”), (3) health insurance information (payer name, payer contract dates, policy information including type and deductible amount and subscriber number); (4) medical and/or treatment information (dates of service, location, services requested or procedures performed, diagnosis, prescription information, physician names, and Medical Record Numbers); and (5) billing and/or claims information (invoices, submitted claims and appeals, and patient account identifiers used by your provider).

The company notified the impacted individuals about the breach.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/connexin-software-notifies-parents-of-2-2-million-pediatric-patients-of-hack/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/officepracticum

"id": "off105411222",
"linkid": "officepracticum",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2216365,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare Software',
                        'name': 'Connexin Software',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2216365,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Patient demographic information',
                                              'Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Health insurance information',
                                              'Medical and/or treatment '
                                              'information',
                                              'Billing and/or claims '
                                              'information']},
 'description': 'Connexin Software experienced a breach that affected '
                '2,216,365 patients. An unauthorized individual accessed an '
                'offline set of patient data used for data conversion and '
                'troubleshooting. The exposed patient information included '
                'patient demographic information, Social Security Numbers, '
                'health insurance information, medical and/or treatment '
                'information, and billing and/or claims information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Patient demographic information',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Health insurance information',
                                 'Medical and/or treatment information',
                                 'Billing and/or claims information']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notified impacted individuals'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Individual',
 'title': 'Connexin Software Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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